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iconv(1)		    General Commands Manual		      iconv(1)

NAME
       iconv - charset conversion utility

SYNOPSIS
       iconv -f	from_charset -t	to_charset [ -s	inputstring | file...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       The iconv utility converts the characters or sequences of characters in
       file(s)	(or  inputstring  if  specified	 with  the -s option) from one
       charset to another and writes the results to standard output. Should no
       conversion exist	for a particular character then	it is converted	to the
       underscore '_' in the target charset.

       The list	of supported conversions and the locations of  the  associated
       conversion tables are provided in the iconv(3) manual page.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -f from_charset
		      Identifies the input charset.

       -t to_charset  Identifies the output charset.

       -s inputstring Identifies  the  character sequence, which is to be con-
		      verted instead of	input files.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       file(s)	      A	list of	the input files	to be translated.   '-'	 means
		      the  standard  input.   If file is omitted, the standard
		      input is used.

EXAMPLES
       The following example converts the contents of file mail1 from  charset
       iso-8859-5 to utf-8 and stores the results in file mail.local.

	      example% iconv -f	iso-8859-5 -t utf-8 mail1 > mail.local

ENVIRONMENT
       See iconv(3) for	the description	of the ICONV_PATH environment variable
       that affects the	behaviour of iconv.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	 Successful completion.

       1	 An error has occurred.

SEE ALSO
       iconv(3)

				  10 Sep 2000			      iconv(1)

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